Reversible necktie



(ModeL) L. LEWIS.

REVERSIBLE NEGKTIE,

Nor 265,109. Patented Sept 26, .188-2.-

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GEORGE L. LEWIS, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

REVERSIBLE NECKTIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 265,109,'datedSeptember 26, 1882.

' Application filed March 29, 1882. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE L. LEWIS, of Boston, in the county ofSuffolkand State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Reversible Neckties,

of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a necktie which may be reversedwhen soiled or worn, or when it desired to change the color thereof tosuit the tastes'or fancy of the wearer, or as occasion may require, sothat a single tie may serve the purpose of several formed of difl'erentcolors or patterns,as heretofore 5 and it consists in forming orconstructing the center-piece of the tie double, or having two co1- orsor figures formed of different materials, or otherwise, joinedmid-length, and adapted to be reversed end for end, so as to leave inview the desired ('olcr or figure when in position upon the wearer; andin order to extend this feature of changeability. the said center-piecemay also be reversed side for side, whereby four distinct colors,figures, designs, or styles with may be worn side pieces, alsoadapted-to be reversed, so as to present either side in view, which aresimilarly formed of different shades, colors, or styles of figure orkinds of material to correspond with the center-piece,

or at variance therewith, as may be desired,

whereby a great variety of colors, shades, figures, or of materials maybe worn in view, and yet forming but a single necktiecomposed of threeseparate or independent pieces, temporarily held in position with eachother by a piece of wire and a safetypin or other similar device, ashereinafter more fully described, and set forth in the claims.

Figure 1 represents a view of a necktie constructedaccording to myinvention when in position ready to be applied to use. Fig. 2 representsone of the side pieces. Fig. 3 rep- Fig. 4 repre- Fig. 5 represents thewhen they are brought together with the said center-piece A B andsecuredtemporarily in position by the insertion of the curved retaining-wire F,which is inserted through the opening formed through the ends of saidside pieces frorri edge to edge, by stitching, so as to form a hem, J,extending from the notches D to the opposite edge, the ends of the saidretainingwire F being provided with or bent so as to form hooks H, asshown in Figs. 1 and 5. The lower ends of the side pieces, E, whenbrought together, as shown in Fig. 1, may have a safetypin insertedthrough the said openings or henis, so as to temporarily retain them inposition; or they may be secured in any other desired manner. It will beseen and understood that the opposite sides and opposite ends of thesaid side pieces are constructed exactly in the same manner or alike, soas to permit of their reversal, Figs. 2 and 3 showing the opposite sidesof the said side pieces shown in Fig. 1, they being reversed also endfor end, and their relative positions from right to left having beenchanged also, leaving them in position to be connected with thecenter-piece A B, (shown in Fig. 4 turned to the right,) and not in itsproper position when connected, as when it is folded at either two ofthe said notches or scallops C and its ends placed over the said wire Fits opposite ends hang downward at the rear of the side pieces, as shownin Fig. 1, thus forming a great variety orinany styles in one.

Having thus described my invention, what I I claim is- 1. The fiatdouble reversible center-piece A B, provided with scallops G, andadapted to fold transversely, substantially as described, as and for thepurposes set forth.

2. A necktie consisting of the double re u

